Container door stopping and supporting device



March 11, 1947. H. STEINHORST CONTAINER DOOR STOPPING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE led Dec. 21 1944 .w m 4 5 7 n ,V l M! m v I n I .H m v "u v Patented Mar. 11, 1947 CONTAINER DOOR STOPPING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE Henry Steinliorst, Utica, N. Y., assignor to Emil Steinhorst & Sons, Inc., Utica, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 21, 1944, Serial No. 569,229 1 Claim. Cl. 217-60) My invention relates to adoor stopping and suspending device, and I declare the following to be a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof sufficient to enable anyone skilled in the of the freezer 8. Furthermore, said bolt I6 has formed integral therewith and adjacent to the head I! thereof, two annular shoulder rings 21 and 28, which are smaller in diameter than head art to which it appertains to make and use the I7 and progressively diminish in diameter, ring same, reference being had to the accompanying 23 being the smaller. The larger ring 21 nearest drawings in which like parts are referred to by head Will occupy the space within aperture In like numbers throughout the specification. in the upper end of spring I when door 2| is in The object of the invention is to provide a door open position or suspended at an angle to frame stopping and suspending device for use more 10 I, as shown in Fig. 1. The smaller ring 28 will particularly in connection with the swinging occupy the space of narrow slot l2 as it slides doors of refrigerators and for freezers used in the a o g t e sp g I, when moving the door 2| to home or on the farm. It will be found useful on closed position. any cabinet Where a swinging door is used. The A bolt 30 having a half oval head is held by a device is designed to limit the angle to which the nut 3| to the inner lining plate I 8. It is located door is opened and to hold it at said'angle until back of spring I and adjacent to the lower edge it is desired to close the door. of door 2|, whereby to exert a pressure outwardly Furthermore, the device is designed to take up n pr n I wh n do r 2| i in open position. very little room in the compartment where in This outward pressure will us the upper n stalled. It is so disposed as not to interfere with 9 of spring I to spring forward automatically, the storage of vegetables or other articles placed wh eby r n 21 of bolt It will occupy t e Space in the refrigerator or freezer. of aperture |D of said end 9, when the door 2| The object will be understood by referring to is in open position, as shown in Fig. l. the drawings, in which: In operation, assuming the door stopping and Figure l is a side elevation of the door stop- 25 suspending device has been installed as shown in ping and suspending device as applied to a door Fig. 1 to a refrigerator or freezer 8, the operator of a refrigerator or freezer, parts being brok will open door 2| in the usual way. As said door away. 2| swings upward on its hinges 25, 25 into the Figure 2 is a detail view, showing a perspective limiting pos as Shown n t e d 9 of of a spring employed i th d vic spring I under stress exerted by the head of bolt Figure 3 is a detail enlarged view showing a 30 will spring automatically forward and enga e perspective of the hinge member employed, ring 21 of bolt It at aperture I0 and, thereby Figure 4 is a detail enlarged view of a bolt emh ld said d or at t e predetermined angle as ployed in the construction. shown in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, In order to close door 2| it will be necessary the stopping and suspending device embodies a only t press man ally on the upper end 9 of spring I made preferably of spring steel. The springl and push it towards the plate |B of door spring I is mounted by bolts hereinafter men whereby to free end 9 from ring 21 and then tioned and has formed on its lower end a rectanpush the door 2| to closed position. As door 2| gular shaped recess 2. Aperture 2 allows for the rocks downward, ring 28 of bolt l6 will slide along projection of the entire width of tongue 3 of split open slot l2 in spring I. hinge holding member 4 fastened by screw bolts Having thus described my invention, what I 6 to the, frame member 1 of the refrigerator or claim as new and useful and desire to secure by freezer 8, whereby said spring I can rock on Letters Patent is: tongue 3 as apivot. The combination of a freezer, a hinged door The upper end 9 of spring I is equipped with an open annular aperture Ill made therein. A long narrow open slot l2 made in spring I and extending a little over half its length opens into the larger annular aperture It. A bolt l6 having an annular head I7 is held to the inner lining plate l8 in the body part 20 of door 2| of the freezer 8. It is located near the center part of plate l8.

Door 2| is hinged at 25, 25 to the casing 26 therefor and a door stopping and supporting device in open position comprising a hinge member on said freezer, a fiat strap-like spring member having an aperture in one end thereof for the projection therethrough of said hinge member, said spring member having formed therein a long narrow slot terminating in an annular aperture, 2. bolt having shoulder rings of different diameter formed thereon mounted on said door, one of said shoulders adapted to slide in said long narrow slot in said spring, when said door is moved from closed position to open position the other shoulder ring adapted to engage said spring at said annular aperture, and a bolt mounted on said door, and the head of said last named bolt lying between said door and said spring, engaging said spring, whereby to force said spring outwardly to lock said other shoulder ring in said annular aperture and to allow the spring to hold the door in open position.

HENRY STEINHORST.

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